In some kind of mysterious memory-theft experiment, psychologists at the University of Leeds are encouraging people with memories related to Beatles songs to document them on a website. OK, I’m getting carried away with the whole brain-stealing angle. What they *say* they’re doing is investigating how human memory is linked to music, and they’ve chosen The Beatles because, well, everyone knows songs by The Beatles.
Apparently, the goal of the project is to learn “how children develop a capacity for memory, how adults process recollections and how memory changes with age”.
Still convinced there was some kind of mind-melting going on and eager to protect you, the reader, from such a fate, I gave away one of my cherished Beatles-related recollections. I’m pleased to be able to report that I am still able to recall it in my head as I write, so it would appear any memories you submit are not lost forever.

They do, however, ask about your “handedness” - I was forced to admit to being “firmly right-handed”, which momentarily made me feel like some kind of wife-beater.
To share your Beatles memories for the project, go to www.magicalmemorytour.com. They’re aiming to amass 10,000 memories so I’d be quick - chances are George Martin has submitted 90% of that figure already.
[via Reuters]

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Tuesday March 11th, 2008 at 10:07 am